FOX Snooze Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. From this point forward, I will no longer utter the phrase FOX News. Instead, I will remove the “News” moniker and simply refer to that puppet show of fake journalism as FOX. After the revelations this past week from the Dominion voting machines trial, […]
Valentine’s Scrooge
Valentine’s Scrooge I am just going to come out and admit it right now- I am the Scrooge of Valentine’s Day. I am to the courtly lovers of February 14th what the Grinch was to Whoville on December 25th. Which is not to say that I do not appreciate the notion of love. Oh I […]
Creating an A.I. Adam
The Creation of An A.I. Adam I am going to confess right here and now that I did not write this week’s edition of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. After all, why should I, when I can just get a computer to do it for me? With the proliferation of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence […]
Obstruction Junction- What’s Your Function?
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A Furry Situation
A Furry Situation I love when readers send me ideas for topics for TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. More often than not, they tend to be clever and thoughtful suggestions. This past week, a friend of mine texted me and said that I should write about high school students who have started to “identify” […]
The Delicate Art of Letting Go
The Delicate Art of Letting Go In full transparency, a rare glimpse behind the curtain as to how I write TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, I will often pen less topical columns and save them for a later date, when nothing particularly pressing is occurring that I feel a desperate need to opine about. […]
The 7 Lessons We Can Learn From Our Dogs
The 7 Lessons We Can Learn From Our Dogs All throughout my childhood, the one thing I ever really wanted was a dog. Ok, maybe as I got into my adolescent years, that desire was similarly accompanied by a strong hankering to have a girlfriend, a yearning that likewise went unrequited well into early adulthood. […]
New Year’s Resolutions I Am Sure Not to Keep 2023
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Jesus’s Xmas Wish List 2022
Well, folks, the Christmas season is truly upon us. How do I know? Well, when the parking lot at your local mall starts to resemble the scene before a stadium-packed Dead show and the advent calendar has only a couple of unopened doors (behind which may lay only a vacant repository vanquished by impatient, candy-addicted […]
The True Cause of Rising Inflation
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